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<blockquote data-quote="weatheringthestorm" data-source="post: 130443" data-attributes="member: 4424"><p>Well, I finally got a response from the HS Tues morning after I got to work. They wanted to meet that day, but I explained that we had to have some kind of notice as we both work. We met with them the next morning before work. </p><p></p><p>They offered him a 5 day suspension if he'd agree to take 4, one hour anger management sessions that the school is willing to pay for. Otherwise he'd have to serve a 10 day suspension. After laying out the consequences he'd have with both options (we had to promise a REALLY long grounding if he refused the classes) he decided he'd take the classes and only be suspended for five days. The meeting with the assistant principal he cussed out and his sophmore asst. princ. went rather well. I had been concerned about it, thinking they might try to make too big a thing out of it. They didn't. </p><p></p><p>When the dean said something about his not being able to handle conflict or perceived unfair treatment calmly he responded that he did it all the time. She then asked what was different about this time. He said he was just mad that day, nothing had really happened before, but he was just in a mad mood. That really described him. When the moods, etc are under control he can handle most things. Maybe not as well as the average kid, but ok. When the moods and stuff aren't under control he just can't regulate his emotions and he loses it quickly.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, this suspension adds up to 10 days suspended this year so we have to have a manifestation meeting for his IEP. We're doing that Wed afternoon. The Special Education director was really on top of this. Within 3 hours of him having received his suspension she emailed me about meeting. There is no way they'll be able to show that his getting into trouble was not a manifestation of his disability.</p><p></p><p>I'm hoping to add the bipolar to his IEP. Since it really seems to be affecting his behavior now I don't see much of a choice. While it could lead to the possibility of some kind of future discrimination it will also help protect him from himself. </p><p></p><p>All of this depends on actually getting a hold of his psychiatrist. I have left multiple messages, emailed, and even faxed the emails to the office. I've been trying to get in touch with her since Monday!!! I'm really getting fed up. I'm thinking of switching doctors. I'm not totally convinced his medications are being managed properly and if I can't get in touch with her when there is a problem..... </p><p></p><p>As far as the dose of WEllbutin that he's on.... he's adult sized. He's just shy of 6 feet and somewhere around 260 pounds. It took the higher dose to see an improvement in the depression side of things. He was on it for 8 weeks before this big issue. The reason we went with the AD and the Seraquel was because he's really sensitive to the side effects of medications and he's really against taking any kind of medication for anything. The only way we can get him to take the medications is to give him medications with few side effects. Therefore we decided to try these first since the other more standard bipolar medications have more severe and more common side effects. Not to mention the fact that he just isn't going to take anything that requires regular bloodwork. That will just help him to feel that the medications really are harmful. Even I want to try increasing the Seraquel before we try some of the others. We've tried several different AD's and Abilify in the past. He couldn't adjust to the side effects. I like him best on Abilify, but he won't take it again. I'm really hoping to adjust his medications SOON!</p><p></p><p>Oh, he is allowed to do all the work he missed. He emailed his teachers to get all the work he could do at home. The rest of it he'll be able to make up by staying after. To keep him from enjoying his time off I made him show me the completed school work everyday, he had very long chore lists, and he spent several days at his grandma's mudding drywall and doing other odd jobs for them. So, he's at least been busy and not catching up on his MTV viewing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="weatheringthestorm, post: 130443, member: 4424"] Well, I finally got a response from the HS Tues morning after I got to work. They wanted to meet that day, but I explained that we had to have some kind of notice as we both work. We met with them the next morning before work. They offered him a 5 day suspension if he'd agree to take 4, one hour anger management sessions that the school is willing to pay for. Otherwise he'd have to serve a 10 day suspension. After laying out the consequences he'd have with both options (we had to promise a REALLY long grounding if he refused the classes) he decided he'd take the classes and only be suspended for five days. The meeting with the assistant principal he cussed out and his sophmore asst. princ. went rather well. I had been concerned about it, thinking they might try to make too big a thing out of it. They didn't. When the dean said something about his not being able to handle conflict or perceived unfair treatment calmly he responded that he did it all the time. She then asked what was different about this time. He said he was just mad that day, nothing had really happened before, but he was just in a mad mood. That really described him. When the moods, etc are under control he can handle most things. Maybe not as well as the average kid, but ok. When the moods and stuff aren't under control he just can't regulate his emotions and he loses it quickly. Anyway, this suspension adds up to 10 days suspended this year so we have to have a manifestation meeting for his IEP. We're doing that Wed afternoon. The Special Education director was really on top of this. Within 3 hours of him having received his suspension she emailed me about meeting. There is no way they'll be able to show that his getting into trouble was not a manifestation of his disability. I'm hoping to add the bipolar to his IEP. Since it really seems to be affecting his behavior now I don't see much of a choice. While it could lead to the possibility of some kind of future discrimination it will also help protect him from himself. All of this depends on actually getting a hold of his psychiatrist. I have left multiple messages, emailed, and even faxed the emails to the office. I've been trying to get in touch with her since Monday!!! I'm really getting fed up. I'm thinking of switching doctors. I'm not totally convinced his medications are being managed properly and if I can't get in touch with her when there is a problem..... As far as the dose of WEllbutin that he's on.... he's adult sized. He's just shy of 6 feet and somewhere around 260 pounds. It took the higher dose to see an improvement in the depression side of things. He was on it for 8 weeks before this big issue. The reason we went with the AD and the Seraquel was because he's really sensitive to the side effects of medications and he's really against taking any kind of medication for anything. The only way we can get him to take the medications is to give him medications with few side effects. Therefore we decided to try these first since the other more standard bipolar medications have more severe and more common side effects. Not to mention the fact that he just isn't going to take anything that requires regular bloodwork. That will just help him to feel that the medications really are harmful. Even I want to try increasing the Seraquel before we try some of the others. We've tried several different AD's and Abilify in the past. He couldn't adjust to the side effects. I like him best on Abilify, but he won't take it again. I'm really hoping to adjust his medications SOON! Oh, he is allowed to do all the work he missed. He emailed his teachers to get all the work he could do at home. The rest of it he'll be able to make up by staying after. To keep him from enjoying his time off I made him show me the completed school work everyday, he had very long chore lists, and he spent several days at his grandma's mudding drywall and doing other odd jobs for them. So, he's at least been busy and not catching up on his MTV viewing. [/QUOTE]
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